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Chinook money, meet the red candle
Boeing got a fresh boost from the U.S. Army on Wednesday with a $324 million contract for six CH-47F Block II Chinook helicopters. Nice headline, sure — but BA stock was still trading lower Thursday, because Wall Street loves a good “thanks, now prove the next quarter” moment.
Delivery math is doing some work
The company also said it logged 143 commercial deliveries in the first quarter, up from 130 a year earlier, plus 30 defense deliveries versus 26 last year. That’s the kind of operational progress investors want to see, especially when Boeing has spent years trying to turn “we’re fixing it” into “we’re shipping it.”
But the real spotlight is April 22
The market’s clearly keeping one eye on Boeing’s earnings date, set for April 22. Analysts are looking for a loss of 60 cents a share on $22.01 billion in revenue, so the bar is less “beat the Street” and more “don’t trip over the runway lights.”
Big picture
The Chinook contract adds another brick to Boeing’s defense story, and the delivery numbers suggest the factory floor is still moving. But with the stock near the middle of its 52-week range, investors are still waiting for something bigger than a single good headline to break the tug-of-war.